Blessing Okagbare

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Blessing Okagbare (2016)
Blessing Okagbare in Rio de Janeiro 2016

nation NigeriaNigeria Nigeria
birthday 9th October 1988 (age 31)
place of birth Sapele , Nigeria
size 180 cm
Weight 68 kg
Career
discipline Sprint , long jump
Trainer John Smith
status active
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Commonwealth Games 2 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Africa Games 4 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
African Championships 7 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Beijing 2008 6.91 m
IAAF logo World championships
silver Moscow 2013 6.99 m
bronze Moscow 2013 200 m
Commonwealth Games Federation logo Commonwealth Games
gold Glasgow 2014 100 m
gold Glasgow 2014 200 m
silver Glasgow 2014 4 × 100 m
bronze Gold Coast 2018 4 × 100 m
Africa Games logo Africa Games
silver Algiers 2007 6.46 m
gold Maputo 2011 6.50 m
gold Maputo 2011 4 × 100 m
silver Maputo 2011 100 m
gold Brazzaville 2015 4 × 100 m
gold Rabat 2019 4 × 100 m
 African Championships
gold Nairobi 2010 100 m
gold Nairobi 2010 6.62 m
gold Nairobi 2010 4 × 100 m
gold Porto Novo 2012 6.96 m
silver Porto Novo 2012 100 m
gold Marrakech 2014 100 m
gold Marrakech 2014 4 × 100 m
gold Asaba 2018 4 × 100 m
last change: October 14, 2019

Blessing Okagbare (married Okagbare-Ighoteguonor ; born October 9, 1988 in Sapele ) is a Nigerian long jumper and sprinter . Okagbare was the first African woman to do the 100-meter run in under 10.80 s and is currently (as of 2018) the African record holder in the 200-meter run with 22.04 s.

Athletic career

Blessing Okagbare gained her first international experience at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Beijing , where she was eliminated from the qualification in the long and triple jump. A year later she won the silver medal in the long jump behind the South African Janice Josephs at the African Games in Algiers with 6.46 m and was fourth in the triple jump with 13.77 m. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she originally won the bronze medal in the long jump behind Maurren Higa Maggi from Brazil and Tatjana Lebedewa from Russia with her personal record of 6.91 m . However, since she was convicted of doping on January 25, 2017, the silver medal was withdrawn and awarded Okagbare.

In 2009 she qualified over 100 meters and in the long jump for the World Championships in Berlin , but did not take part in both competitions there at short notice. In 2010 Okagbare won three gold medals at the African Championships in Nairobi , in the long jump, in the 100-meter run and with the Nigerian 4-by-100-meter relay. At the Continental Cup in the same year she was third in the 100 meters and sixth in the long jump. In 2011 Okagbare reached fifth place over 100 meters at the World Championships in Daegu and did not start over 200 meters. In the long jump she failed with 6.36 m in the qualification, but finished sixth in the final with the Nigerian relay. At the Africa Games in Maputo , she won the gold medal in the long jump and the silver medal in the 100-meter run behind her compatriot Oludamola Osayomi with 6.5 m .

In 2012 she took part in the African Championships in Porto-Novo , where she won the gold medal in the long jump with 6.96 m and silver over 100 meters behind Ruddy Zang Milama from Gabon. She qualified again for the Olympic Games in London and finished eighth in the 100 meter final with 11.01 s. In the long jump with 6.34 meters she failed in the qualification and finished with the Nigerian 4 × 100 Meters Relay to fourth place . Further best performances and records followed in 2013. In the long jump in Monaco on July 19, she set a new personal best with 7.00 m, over the 100-meter distance she only improved the African record to 10.86 a week later in London s and then to 10.79 s. At the World Championships in Moscow she won the silver medal in the long jump with 6.99 m behind the American Brittney Reese and the bronze medal over 200 meters. In the 100-meter run, she finished sixth in the final with 11.04 seconds.

In 2014 Okagbare took part in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for the first time , where she won gold medals over 100 and 200 meters, as well as the silver medal with the Nigerian relay. In the 100-meter run, she also set a new championship record with 10.85 seconds. Then she won the gold medals over 100 meters at the African Championships in Marrakech and with the Nigerian relay. In 2015 Okagbare qualified for the 100 and 200 meter World Championships in Beijing. While she took eighth place over 100 meters in the final , she did not start over 200 meters and was criticized by the director of the Nigerian National Sports Commission, Al Hassan Yakmu, and provisionally for participating in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro suspended. This decision was canceled by the Nigerian Athletics Federation on the same day. In 2015 she still contested the relay race at the African Games in Brazzaville , where she won the gold medal.

In 2016 he took part in the Olympic Games and was eliminated in the semifinals over 100 and 200 meters . With the Nigerian season she finished eighth in the final . In 2017 she reached the semi-finals at the World Championships in London over 100 meters and took eighth place in the long jump final with 6.55 m. In 2018, at a meeting in Texas, she improved Evette de Klerk's 1989 African record to 22.04 seconds. Then she took part again in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast and won the bronze medal behind England and Jamaica in 42.75 s with the Nigerian relay. In August, she also won the relay in 43.77 s at the African Championships in Asaba, her home country, and thus her seventh gold medal in these competitions. Then she was disqualified at the Continental Cup in Ostrava with the African relay. The following year she reached the semifinals in her fourth African Games in Rabat over 100 meters, in which she was disqualified because of a false start. In addition, she was used in the relay in the run-up, which also awarded her the gold medal. At the World Championships in Doha , she focused on the 200 meters, but was disqualified there because of a track violation in the preliminary run . In addition, she did not reach the final with the relay in 43.05 s.

Okagbare is an 18-time Nigerian champion in long and triple jump, as well as over 100 and 200 meters. Blessing Okagbare studied at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and was NCAA champion in the 100 meters and long jump in 2010. In 2014 she married the Nigerian soccer player Igho Otegheri and then started as Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor in 2017 and 2018 .

Personal best

  • 100 meters: 10.79 s (+1.1 m / s), July 27, 2013, London ( Nigerian record ), former African record
    • 60 meters (hall): 7.18 s, February 26, 2010 in Houston
  • 200 meters: 22.04 s (+0.5 m / s), March 24, 2018 in Abilene ( African record )
    • 200 meters (hall): 23.52 s, February 6, 2010 in Lincoln
  • Long jump: 7.00 m (0.0 m / s), July 19, 2013 in Monaco
  • Triple jump: 14.13 m (+2.0 m / s), May 19, 2007 in Lagos , former Nigerian record and current junior African record
    • Triple jump (hall): 13.64 m, February 16, 2008 in Fayetteville

Web links

Commons : Blessing Okagbare  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Chris Broadbent: Okagbare breaks Games record en route to Commonwealth 100m title ( English ) IAAF. July 28, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  2. Jon Mulkeen: More gold medals and records for Okagbare and Bourrada at African Championships ( English ) IAAF. August 11, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  3. Dan Palmer: Nigerian star Blessing Okagbare "banned" from Rio 2016 after injury row ( English ) Inside the Games. September 9, 2015. Accessed March 26, 2018.
  4. Christopher Maduewesi: Blessing Okagbare NOT banned from 2016 Olympics - AFN ( English ) Making of Champions. September 9, 2015. Accessed March 26, 2018.